LIFESPAN DEVELOPMENT (PSYC 290N)
WITH CORRECT AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
YEAR 2024/2025
What is part of cognitive development?
a). frowning when you have to do your homework
b). gross motor skills
c). learning to speak your first words
d). deciding if you should hit your sibling - verified answers-c).
learning to speak your first words
Which one of these theories is NOT a developmental theory?
a). realistic group conflict theory
b). ecological theories
c). cognitive theories
d). psychoanalytic theories - verified answers-a). realistic group
conflict theory
Children learning to walk is part of which aspect of human
development? - verified answers-physical development
What are Freud's psychosexual stages? - verified answers-1.
oral stage
2. anal stage
3. phallic stage
4. latency stage
5. genital stage
Freud asserted that we go through five stages corresponding to
the lifespan. Which stage would one be in at 5 years old? -
verified answers-phallic stage
What are Erikson's Developmental stages? - verified answers-
1. trust vs mistrust (0-1.5 years old)
2. autonomy vs shame and doubt (1.5-3 years old)
3. initiative vs guilt (3-5 years old)
, 4. industry vs inferiority (6-11 years old)
5. identity vs role confusion (12-18 years old)
6. intimacy vs isolation (18-40 years old)
7. generatively vs stagnation (40-65 years old)
8. integrity vs despair (65 and older)
What is the zone of proximal development? - verified answers-
the distance between what the child can do on their own and
what they can do with some help from another
Who is known for the zone of proximal development? - verified
answers-Lev Vygotsky
What was Swiss psychologist Jean Piaget primarily concerned
with? - verified answers-cognitive development in childhood
What is the first stage of Piaget's theory? - verified answers-
sensorimotor stage
Name Piaget's stages of cognitive development - verified
answers-1. sensorimotor (birth-around 2 years old)
2. pre-operational (2-7)
3. concrete operational (7-11)
4. formal operational (12+)
What is the last stage of cognitive development, according to
Jean Piaget? - verified answers-formal operational
According to Vygotsky, which factors play a role in influencing
development? - verified answers-language and social
interaction
What was B.F. Skinner primarily known for? - verified answers-
operant conditioning
WITH CORRECT AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
YEAR 2024/2025
What is part of cognitive development?
a). frowning when you have to do your homework
b). gross motor skills
c). learning to speak your first words
d). deciding if you should hit your sibling - verified answers-c).
learning to speak your first words
Which one of these theories is NOT a developmental theory?
a). realistic group conflict theory
b). ecological theories
c). cognitive theories
d). psychoanalytic theories - verified answers-a). realistic group
conflict theory
Children learning to walk is part of which aspect of human
development? - verified answers-physical development
What are Freud's psychosexual stages? - verified answers-1.
oral stage
2. anal stage
3. phallic stage
4. latency stage
5. genital stage
Freud asserted that we go through five stages corresponding to
the lifespan. Which stage would one be in at 5 years old? -
verified answers-phallic stage
What are Erikson's Developmental stages? - verified answers-
1. trust vs mistrust (0-1.5 years old)
2. autonomy vs shame and doubt (1.5-3 years old)
3. initiative vs guilt (3-5 years old)
, 4. industry vs inferiority (6-11 years old)
5. identity vs role confusion (12-18 years old)
6. intimacy vs isolation (18-40 years old)
7. generatively vs stagnation (40-65 years old)
8. integrity vs despair (65 and older)
What is the zone of proximal development? - verified answers-
the distance between what the child can do on their own and
what they can do with some help from another
Who is known for the zone of proximal development? - verified
answers-Lev Vygotsky
What was Swiss psychologist Jean Piaget primarily concerned
with? - verified answers-cognitive development in childhood
What is the first stage of Piaget's theory? - verified answers-
sensorimotor stage
Name Piaget's stages of cognitive development - verified
answers-1. sensorimotor (birth-around 2 years old)
2. pre-operational (2-7)
3. concrete operational (7-11)
4. formal operational (12+)
What is the last stage of cognitive development, according to
Jean Piaget? - verified answers-formal operational
According to Vygotsky, which factors play a role in influencing
development? - verified answers-language and social
interaction
What was B.F. Skinner primarily known for? - verified answers-
operant conditioning
